Money-Fund Assets Fell in Week

a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

Updated April 28, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW YORK -- Money-market mutual-fund assets decreased by $18.53 billion to $2.032 trillion in the week ended Wednesday, down from $2.05 trillion in the previous week, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Assets of the 897 retail-class shares decreased by $13.07 billion to $844.90 billion, the institute said. Among retail-class shares, assets of the 585 taxable shares decreased by $8.25 billion to $639.99 billion, while...